RN DRIVE 17.03.2014

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The Federal Government will begin abolishing thousands of regulations and laws, with its first "repeal day" planned for next week. To help that process along, it's unveiled a new "cutting red tape" website. It's also setting up deregulation units in most departments and will require regulatory impact statements for almost all laws.

From the Middle East to post-punk New York, there's not much that author Rayya Elias hasn't done. After decades of risk taking she now lives a clean life and says she's truly living on the edge. She joins Waleed Aly in The Drawing Room.